Name:___________________________

Proper Adjectives

A proper adjective is an adjective that comes from a proper noun. Remember that a
proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. For example, something that
comes from England can be described using the proper adjective English. Some proper
adjectives come from the name of a ruling leader. For example, the time that Queen Victoria
was on the throne is known as the Victorian Age. Read each sentence. Circle the proper
noun. Choose the proper adjective from the word box that matches the proper noun
in the sentence and write it on the line next to the sentence.
Italian

Elizabethan

Word Box
Martian Peruvian

Chinese Shakespearean Irish

Mexican

Swiss

American

German

Australian French

1. He was born in Italy.

African

Italian

2. The painting was made by a woman in France.

3. Scientists are searching for life on Mars.
4. Im taking a class on the literature of Shakespeare.
5. We just love the ceramics we bought in Peru.
6. The boys sang songs from Ireland.
7. The museum had a tribal mask shipped from Africa.
8. Her favorite food comes from Germany.
9. Kangaroos are most common in Australia.
10. China has more people than any other country.
11. Cheese from Switzerland has holes in it.
12. I love to sing songs about America.
13. Her grandmother sent her a blanket from Mexico.
14. Many sonnets were written while Queen Elizabeth
ruled England.

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Name:___________________________

Proper Adjectives

A proper adjective is an adjective that comes from a proper noun. Remember that a
proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. For example, something that
comes from England can be described using the proper adjective English. Some proper
adjectives come from the name of a ruling leader. For example, the time that Queen Victoria
was on the throne is known as the Victorian Age. Read each sentence. Circle the proper
noun. Choose the proper adjective from the word box that matches the proper noun
in the sentence and write it on the line next to the sentence.
Italian

Elizabethan

Word Box
Martian Peruvian

Chinese Shakespearean Irish

Mexican

Swiss

American

African

German

Australian French

Italian

1. He was born in Italy.

2. The painting was made by a woman in France.

French

3. Scientists are searching for life on Mars.

Martian

4. Im taking a class on the literature of Shakespeare.

5. We just love the ceramics we bought in Peru.
6. The boys sang songs from Ireland.

Shakespearean
Peruvian
Irish

7. The museum had a tribal mask shipped from Africa.

African

8. Her favorite food comes from Germany.

German

9. Kangaroos are most common in Australia.

Australian

10. China has more people than any other country.

11. Cheese from Switzerland has holes in it.

Chinese
Swiss

12. I love to sing songs about America.

American

13. Her grandmother sent her a blanket from Mexico.

Mexican

14. Many sonnets were written while Queen Elizabeth

ruled England.

Elizabethan

(England-English would also be acceptable,

except that English is not in the word box.)

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